First-Year Engineering Students’ Research Experience in Web Mapping

Abstract

Involving undergraduate students in research projects has been a growing trend in post-secondary education. This paper introduces three Web mapping applications developed by first-year engineering students at the University of Calgary. The projects were carried out over 16 weeks by students who did not have any previous knowledge of mapping or geospatial information systems. The outcomes clearly demonstrate the high competence and creativity of the students. According to the students’ reflections, these projects have been a unique learning experience and an excellent starting point in their academic career.

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“…This is also confirmed by the work of Warshawsky (2016), who performed similar research, where students were also able to design and build their own spatial-oriented web applications with minimal support. The research results of Mah et al (2020) are very similar to the results of the present research. They also introduced three web mapping applications developed by first-year engineering students at the University of Calgary.…”